Fighting Skills of the SAS and Special Forces by
Terence White
My rating:
2 of 5 stars
Hooter: Basic manual on military strategies at a micro level.The basic technical manual for a soldier in terms of drills on land, water and air. Obviously if you are a soldier, you already know this and if you are civilian, you probably won't be using this unless you going to write a book and need factuals. I am sure techniques have grown leaps and bounds since this book was published but was a good starter kit on terminology. Probably try to figure these out the next time I catch a war movie. Though going through this reminded me of the good old days of reading a textbook.
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The Zoya Factor by
Anuja Chauhan
My rating:
2 of 5 stars
Hooter: A chick lit amongst the backdrop of the cricket world cup.
A "Karol bagh" ad executive trying to eke a name, born on the very moment India won the 1983 World Cup and hence being lucky for teams she supports ( though she hates cricket) is pretty much the side dishes amongst the main course of a love story between a celebrity and a regular person and their on- off relationship. To be honest , I focused on the side dishes to keep the story going for me. The cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the superstitions and how cricket truly is a religion in India. If you need super light reading and not walk away with an iota of weight of sense and sensibility, this is the book for you. Almost all of the supporting characters are caricatures sometimes really close to real life cricketers to help you visualise.
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